Wilderness Medicine Interest Group

The Wilderness Medicine Interest Group and Climbing Club exists to promote knowledge and skill development in the field of wilderness medicine and to help foster and sustain love for wild spaces. We coordinate group outings and skills workshops and serve as a repository of knowledge and experience for those looking to increase their comfort in the outdoors.

Events (modified in pandemic circumstances)
Mountain Biking trip(s)

• Tentatively in spring, summer, and fall
• Bedford reservation

Camping/Rafting trip

• Ohiopyle State Park
• Usually mid-September
• Typically two nights camping with a morning or afternoon spent rafting
• For those who don't want to raft, there is climbing/bouldering, lots of hiking, and Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater

Ski/Snowboarding trip

• Sometime in winter (pending snow conditions)
• Boston Mills/Brandywine ski resort
• Upstate New York trip

Mini-courses in Wilderness Medicine

• Navigation
• Making a med kit
• Scene safety and patient assessment
• Environmental injuries
• Splinting and evacuation
• Full day mini AWLS training session in late winter

Please fill out the form here to join our listserv!

Student leaders (please feel free to contact with suggestions)
Peyi Runsewe: [email protected]
Mary Cowden: [email protected]
Joe O'Brien: [email protected]